4th period: Log into your email on FIREFOX or CHROME and then click on the Peer Evaluation link below
Independent Reading Work time/ teacher conferences
Homework:
Work on IR project
Study vocabulary 1-4
9/25/12
Writing Prompt: How did you feel about this morning's paideia socratic seminar? Reflect on the assignment and how you prepared for it/how that preparation effected how you feel about it.
Finish Mother Culture presentations/ Peer and self evals (Reference the WOW rubric if needed)
Presentations
State name
Describe your collage in general- what sort of things did you include in your collage? Why?
What is your answer to the first question: Who are we as a people?
What about your collage answers that question?
What is your answer to the second question: What story are we trying to enact?
9/21/12 Club Day/ School Celebration and Talent Show
9/20/12
Turn in (5th period): Thursday Letter
Starter Activity: Log into Engrade and then SILENTLY study until I ask you to begin.
Vocabulary 3 quiz
When finished: Mother Culture collage work time
Homework:
Finish Mother Culture Collage- presentations are on MONDAY
9/19/12
Starter Activity: Type your free write in google docs. (New document in Writing folder with title "Free write 9/18")
Share ONLY your free write document with the email address I give you
Mother Culture Collage Work time
Homework:
Writer's Workshop peer conferences-
In the SHARED "RWWS documents" folder on Google docs, there is a document titled "Peer Conference Sheets"
"Make a copy" of this document (which will put it on YOUR DRIVE) and MOVE it to your "Writings" folder
TITLE this document "Peer Conference 9/19"
SHARE this document with the PEER THAT SHARED THEIR WRITING WITH YOU.
COMPLETE your peer conference form for your peer
9/18/12
Writing Prompt:
Finish Visual Time line activity
Mother Culture Collage work time
Homework:
Mother Culture Collage
15 minute free write
Study for vocabulary 3 quiz
9/17/12
Vocab 3 flashcards check/Writing Prompt: "Determining Importance" -- What do you think is the most important event or idea in what we've read of Ishmael so far? Explain your choice.
Announcement: Your first IR project WITH book completion form is due on October 2nd. Happy Reading!
Starter activity: discuss writing prompts from last night
Ishmael Outline Books 1-6
Get out your reading log
On a sticky note, determine what you think is the most important idea from Book 1-6 (silently)
With your group, discuss and make a list of important events for each book
Record on the page dedicated to that book
Homework:
Ishmael through Book 8 Chapter 5 and accompanying reading log
9/12/12
Turn in (all): Vocabulary 3 charts
Starter Activity: Open up your reading logs and get out your socratic seminar questions. While we are waiting for everyone to get ready, look over your notes about the book.
Ishmael Socratic Seminar
Inner Circle:
Outer Circle:
Homework:
In your writer's notebook, respond to the following prompt:
How did you feel about today's socratic seminar?
Do you feel like you participated adequately? Why or why not?
Was there any point that you really wanted to make that you didn't get to?
Did you like the inner circle or the outer circle more? Why?
What did you learn from today's seminar?
Vocabulary 3 flashcards (not optional this time!)
9/11/12
Starter Activity: 9.11 brainstorming
In the middle of the paper on your table write "9/11"
Around that, discuss with your groups words, phrases, etc that you associate with 9/11
How do you think this event has shaped your view of the world?
Since we didn't get to take the quiz today in class, dont forget to take your vocabulary quiz on Engrade. This quiz is on the honor system, no notes and no other aids. Go into your Engrade, click on English I, on the left hand side there will be a menu that you can expand further- do that and click on "quizzes" and it will pop up for you.
Complete Ishmael book 7 (pg. 70 ebook) and create questions for our socratic seminar Wednesday
On Google drive, in your Ishmael folder, create a document called "Socratic seminar questions." Please write the following types of questions (4 total required)
Opening Question *A question that directs participants to the text
Core Question *(Often "how" or "why") Answers don't come directly from the text, but ask participants to think and share an opinion
Core Question 2 *(Often "how" or "why") Answers don't come directly from the text, but ask participants to think and share an opinion
Closing Question *A question that relates the reading to something "real-world"
Additional Question(s) Type any other question you would like to include
9/7/12 1st period extended instruction- Begin Service Project
9/6/12
Turn In (5th period): Thursday Letters
Turn In (All): Final Fever Dreams (turn in to Google docs)
Turn in (all): Parts of Speech homework- I will check and we will go over next week!
There is a topic called "Ishmael(period #) that I want you to read and respond to- this is due on MONDAY by 12:00 (noon)
Writing Prompt: "The story starts when your protagonist meets a hero. Another character is a taxi driver who has been forging your protagonist's name." (Fun huh? Generated by Plot Generator)
Turn in Fever Dreams--> Your final fever dream should be titled "Final Fever Dream" in your "Writings" folder within your RWWS folder. It should be a google doc so that I can comment, etc on it. (Which is how you will receive your feedback)
Ishmael: fix reading logs- checking this weekend!
Homework: (due Monday)
Ishmael through Book 6 (pg. 64 ebook) and accompanying reading log,
Collaborize Classroom posting by 12:00 (noon) on Monday
Get Writer's Notebooks together for a check next week.
9/5/12
Writing Prompt: In your opinion, what is society's biggest problem? Why?
Mini Lesson: Parts of Speech
Ishmael- discussion (What in the world is going on?!?)
Homework: Parts of speech practice worksheet, Ishmael Book 4 and Book 5 chapters 1-3 (through pg. 49) ebook) and accompanying reading log, Fever Dream revisions
Practice worksheet: determine the part of speech for each word and highlight each part of speech a different color (noun- yellow, verb- green, etc)
9/4/12
Start up: Pull up your Ishmael reading log as it currently stands (quiz starts 5 minutes after class starts so don't delay!)
Quiz: Ishmael through book 2
Decide on ONE thing that you would like me to look at in your paper. (You may look at the sample list of questions on the writing strategies page for ideas).
After you are finished with your quiz, put your name on the board and I will call you up individually to discuss your papers.
Make revisions/corrections to paper
Homework: Ishmael Book 3 (pg. 38 ebook) and accompanying reading log
4th period extended instruction
9/27/12
No Thursday Letter this week
Turn in (all): Writer's Notebook
9/26/12
Turn in (All): Vocabulary 4 chart and flashcards
9/25/12
9/24/12
Turn in (All): Mother Culture Collage
9/21/12
Club Day/ School Celebration and Talent Show
9/20/12
Turn in (5th period): Thursday Letter
9/19/12
9/18/12
9/17/12
9/14/12
2nd period extended instruction- Begin Service Project
9/13/12
Turn in (4th period): Thursday Letters
9/12/12
Turn in (all): Vocabulary 3 charts
9/11/12
9/10/12
Due (all): Collaborize Classroom posting
9/7/12
1st period extended instruction- Begin Service Project
9/6/12
Turn In (5th period): Thursday Letters
Turn In (All): Final Fever Dreams (turn in to Google docs)
Turn in (all): Parts of Speech homework- I will check and we will go over next week!
9/5/12
9/4/12
9/3/12
Labor Day- No school